Technology for bored students

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Schools are starting again, and it is often difficult for #students to stay focused and active during all class hours. But how can you tell if a student is bored? Professor Wei Xiaoyong, who teaches scientific subjects at Sichuan University, in the Chinese city of Chengdu, thought about it. The professor has developed software which, based on a facial recognition algorithm, is able to identify bored students. Not to punish them, but to get useful feedback to improve their own… Read more

No more smartphone incidents

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#Walking down the street staring at the display of your #smartphone, with your eyes pointed downwards, is extremely dangerous, yet more and more people do it. And there is no shortage of accidents, even fatal ones, in Italy either. Whether it is to send a message on WhatsApp, to interact with Facebook friends or to look for creatures to catch, we pay less and less attention to where we put our feet. The designer Büro North thought about solving the problem, with an idea that could save pedestrians' lives... Read more

The electronic identity card arrives in July

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Goodbye old identity card. Italy renews itself and adopts the new electronic identity card, although only in some Municipalities, starting from July 2016. The so-called Cie will cost 13,76 euros and we will be able to have it starting from July 4th, in a handful of Municipalities, which will be around 200 by September. It will already be available in large municipalities such as Rome (18-22 July), Milan (5-9 September), Naples (25-29 July). A long-awaited innovation: in short, it is a smart card on which… Read more

Facebook will "tell" photos to blind people

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Technology can greatly help blind people to orient themselves in such a complex and, at times, even dangerous world. Facebook is making many steps forward to bring technology to those who cannot see, and from today it seems that it will also be able to "tell" photos. The new service is launched today to act as a guide for those who cannot see all the photographs that social networks are flooded with. The system works using artificial intelligence: in short, Facebook's servers are… Read more